http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/If Windows Mobile 7 isn't great I will be switching to Android. There should be a good Android phone with AT&T bands by the time my next upgrade comes around.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Well, 7 seems to be the lucky number for MS so we'll see....

Can't wait!]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Totally agree. I'm setting my hopes up for disappointment though.
Can't wait either!]]>Feb 14th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Microsoft will disappoint .. here is how:

1. They will have multiple versions, fucking up their brand.

2. The apps that come with it, like calculator, weather, and calender will look like they were coded by a freshman college student taking intro to programming. They should be investing $2 million dollars on EACH of those apps by dedicating a full-time staff of 5 people (two graphics artists with 3DS Max skills, two programmers, and a program manager) to each app. Most of their time should be spent on making it look pretty not adding features or making the UI complex. Yes that would cost $50 million in total for all the little apps but they have $40 billion dollars in cash in their bank account. The mobile live messenger app needs about $300 million poured into it so it can support video conferencing and ease of use features. Yes it shouldn't take $300 million to add video-conferencing to an app, but we are talking about MSFT.

It'll come out that they spent $1 billion on windows phone 7 and the little apps like weather, calculator will look like they were done in one week by two freshman college students. Microsoft doesn't pay attention to details. They should have invested an $1 billion on attention to details .. it would have paid of handsomely and they'd still have $38 billion in the bank.

3. Multi-tasking will not be supported, and even worse switching from one app to another will be a royal pain (it will take about 5 seconds).

4. The GPS app will suck.

At the end of MWC people will be talking about what it can't do, not what it can.
]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
$2 million per app? :o

It's good you aren't involved in Microsoft's decision making... or any companies' for that matter.]]>Feb 15th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Whatever they announce, if it doesn't support multitasking, I don't care.]]>Feb 15th 2010 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://bit.ly/winmo7-leaks-information
]]>Feb 15th 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 15th 2010 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
I really hope Windows Phone 7 has Mac support. I would switch over to Zune in a heartbeat, and would gladly pay $15 a month for Zune Pass. I just hope the wait for WinPho7 devices isn't long. I love me some Microsoft.]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/I'm actually hoping that the rumors are true. Let me explain my madness.
The rumors say that tasks will simply be "paused" in the background. The problem with WM that has had people complain for years was that people simply did not want to go and take the effort and close apps. This put great strain on resources. If you just pause applications, you greatly free up CPU load, and apps will still be on RAM to boot up quickly. This is a lot more helpful rather than just 6 apps running in the background and editors from certain news sites complaining about lag.]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Amen my brother. Amen. I need f'ing multitasking on a damn business phone for christ sakes.]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 16th 2010 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/No flash
No backwards app compatibility sans emulation

What was the purpose of the ground up build of WM7 from scratch? To eliminate multitasking and have some eye-candy?]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/I wonder who's your source that confirmed all of that.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/he's not at liberty to say. He would be killed.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/We'll see. I don't want WM7 to fail, but it seems that its heading in that direction.

Yes, they're all rumors, but as they say at Wendy's "You know when it's real". These all sound credible.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Can you guys give it a chance and let it mature if it really turns out to be a start from scratch? They're going after the consumers before the business people, and apparently some things were bigger priorities. Basically a ends justifies the means thing.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 15th 2010 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
I have faith.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/If any of your engineers are reading this -- we do not want you to remove multitasking, we do not want a forced appstore (marketplace is great but don't force us to only install apps from there), and we do want in browser flash, and we do want multi touch.

Existing apps for 6.5.x should have a compatibility mode (in my dreams); please do not altogether destroy previous app compatibility.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
ahem

Hopefully there are WM7 phones coming out earlier than very late this year. Otherwise, what's the point of demonstrating it so early?

I have long ago given up and moved on, but I'm still fascinated to see what they've come up with during all of these many many years of technological obscurity. I can't wait. It would be great to see them emerge with something even slightly competitive.]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
I suspect someone's probably already laphamized up the "WM7 sucks" post...]]>Feb 15th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Looks like I'm a highly ranked troll. Oh snap!

But wait, is it trolling if it makes a cogent point? Or is it trolling just because it's critical? Do you think criticizing America is automatically un-patriotic?]]>Feb 15th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
I had to look up laphamizing, but now that I know what it is, I agree.]]>Feb 15th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/FAKE AND GAY!!!!!]]>Feb 15th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Hey, look at that, a real troll!]]>Feb 15th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/oh wait, nvm, i was thinking mountain time was west, lol]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
Maybe he should donate some of that flab to Jobs (:]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
I'm sure your are a shredded beast of a man.]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Damn it..."your are"...stupid karma
]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/
And I'm quite sure you're the antithesis of a shredded man, considering your tart response.

(:]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Touche...]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsphone/default.aspx]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 14th 2010 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/I'm in the same boat as you. Switched to Android, love it and it will take a LOT to get me back to WinMo...but stuff like this is a good start. Let's hope they can deliver on something that will force Google and Apple to push it even harder.]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/microsofts-windows-phone-7-series-windows-mobile-event-at-mwc-kicks-off-tomorrow-at-9am/Feb 15th 2010 2:29AM